Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1887-03-18

Among the Richest Farming
Lands and Finest Forests Of
the south.
Something 81 KAEeo CITY, ons Of the
Thrifty and Growing ToNas
Of Mfssissippf.
Dr.Moincs Iowa. Homestead.

DesMoines lIOwa) Homestead.
YazOo county is shaped not an
like a triangle, and like that his
lorical instrument, has made i
good deal OF noise ia the world
IL IL about The center OF the state
OF Mississippi, north and south
bat west OF the center, east and
west. In area il Is nearly as laIg.
as the state oil Rhode Island, and
larger than many q little, but i'm
portaDt European principally.
Lands can be bought today foI
five dollars an acre on which fifty
dollars worth OF cotton or corn, OF
hundreds Of dollars worth Of veg
etables. fruits and berries can be
produced, while timber lands, q
ant forests, can be had for "A mere
1.-THE. These ridiculously low
values can NOT long continue, be
cause here exist all The convent
ences Of civilized aud enlightened
life, railroad aud water transpOr.
taiiOn, markets, wagon roads,
schools, churches, agreeable and
cultured society, and a genial and
healthy climate. IL is country
that allures immigration aud III
vitss the hand OF industry. Per.
haps the reader will ask why this
country for which so much Is
GAINED has not made greater pro.
gress. Because the North and
South lived under two different
systems, the North invented labor
saving implements and saved hu
man muscle, while the South de-
pended upon muscle, muscle
competent 10 handle u stout hoe
and guide a mule attached 20 a
four inch plow. These rude im
plenIents made cotton, and cotton
was cash. The war upset and de.
moralized The labor system, and
the country is just beginning to
rally from the long train Of disas.
tiers bequeathed 10y the war. The
war IS oyer and its great issue IL
thing OF the past. Children born
since the last gun was fired are
voters today. Ii was The verdict
OF the war that the North, South,
East and West must live together.
The man who fans any old fame
OF discOrd is not true American.
Seclionalism is disappearing and
fOrgrIfulness is easy when the iu.
lure is so bright. The country
has had enough OF war, aud every
honest and worthy citizen il now
busy winning the victories OF
peace. The people OF the United
States are nearer together than
ever before, aud 10 make the W hole
country great and prosperous
should be the desire aud aim of
all sections.
YazoO county has variety OF
soils and diversified surface con
tiguration. First, there is The
bottom lands lying west OF the
river, with soil of alluyial nature
tue most productive in the wort ~
This is the famous Yazoo delta.f
IL Is a misnomer 10 call IL swamp;
Cat q Is nSs III SaeS :. =. a y. my
understood. II will grow cotton,
corn, sugar cane, jute, and great
variety Of products. Jute is
compa lion plant of cotton, and,
uext to IL, is one Of the most i'm
p0rtant IN commerce. The gener.
al surface of The delta section is
level. Second, the bluff foI nation
OF cane hills, so called from the
abundance oil switch cane, SPLEEN
did winter feed Tor stock. The
hill soil is OF silt nature, abound
ing in lime from shells, green sand
marls, and the remains OF gigantic
marine monsters of an age when
this was the bed of a sea. This
line of bills has width of from
three TO six miles, and runs north
easterly through the entire cOun-
ty. The hill soil il wonderful for
grapes, fruits, berries and vegeta-
blCs. The hills rise several hun-
dred feet above the river, even
right at Yazoo CITY, our birds eye
view being taken IRON a comman
ding bluff, just below the Illinois
Central Compress binding. The
third soil division is that along
the Big Black, belonging jointly
to the central prairie region and
tue yellow loan. The surface is
level and alluvial near river, and
undulating and clayey as il gets
away from the overflow. Fine
section for stock anu grain. Next
aud lastly there is the yellow loan
or hatwOods region, covering the
fourth OF the county.
This soil, while not AS rich as in
other parts, Is easily worked aud
when intelligently handIed can be
made profitable. The heavy tim.
beers here have been pretty well
cut eff Few counties in the state
DR. Socth present greater and
rleber diversity of soils and naln
raj resources.
The county has good rail aud
liver transportation. The main
ine OF the llllnois Central PASSES
through the eastern pant, while a
jranch Of the same road cuts the
county IN twain. The Yazoo river
furnishes water front of over a
hundred miles, whicn with the
Big SuntiOwer, aud numerous
axes and bayous, gives a very I
arge frontage. Steamboats, eau {
aud almost anywhere. The val.
ey of the Nile, less than thirty
niles wide. has iron the earliest
'eriod OF recorded history, fur. 1
llshed livelihood for millions of \
iuman beings. Outside Of the
ringe Of overflow land, on which
be Egyptian gains his snbsls- q
ence, the desert stretches away q
n dreary wastes. Here is The q
iazOo delta. fifty 10 eighty miles 0
'lde, scarcely twentieth ia cul- =
walton, with the remainder in
crest grOwths Of valuable woods,
nd ne deserts. The forest Of the q
ella Is the largest aud most con- D
act in The United States.
This IS the forest primeyai. The !
muunHring pines and The hemiOcks
Bearded with moss. ans in garments z
grren. inl1iSiinct IN TIE twilighf r
SIaHd Ike Druids OF Old. with voices
sd and natheiic."
Here TIE Cypress. the fpesi S
eueral purpose tree in the coun- a
y, grows IN its perfection, tall, =
ately, aud ofIen bare Of a limb a